The Bribe
She claims she is not ill, just under the weather. She has managed to lose some weight recently and her old clothes are too big. Never mind, she will buy new ones. The doctors treated her so well, they were wonderful. She is grateful to them and doesn’t know how to express it. They won’t accept any of her presents, which is making her sad. Well, now she has made them a cake and they won’t be able to refuse a gift like that. She will offer to eat it with them and surely they will accept. Between us, she will just pretend to be eating. She is on a diet and this time it is working. She will need a lot of new clothes. Her husband can’t refuse her anything right now. He has turned into a big softie and keeps crying for no apparent reason. He is just relieved that she didn’t need the operation. No, she can’t afford to die. Her children are still small and they need her. She will live, she knows she will, no matter what everyone says. She has got this. She is praying every day and her prayers will save her. She is feeling stronger already and she has never looked better. The doctors will have to accept this cake. She has made it with a lot of love. If they give it back, she will get really angry. She will just stand there and will not accept no as an answer. Just like she refused to listen when they told her they couldn’t help her. They have helped and she is grateful. She is so grateful that her prayer has been heard.
GloPoWriMo Day 15 - a person who has been held out as an example
Ahh. Agonising. I hope they have at least one little piece.
ReplyDeleteYes, it still makes me so sad, though I never knew her well. They did, of course. They accepted all her little gifts, then gave them to her husband when she wasn't looking. But they had to eat the cake.
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